Baruch 1:10-12

Revised Standard Version

A Letter to Jerusalem

¹⁰ And they said: “Herewith we send you money; so buy with the money burnt offerings and sin offerings and incense, and prepare a cereal offering, and offer them upon the altar of the Lord our God; ¹¹ and pray for the life of Nebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon, and for the life of Belshaz′zar his son, that their days on earth may be like the days of heaven. ¹² And the Lord will give us strength, and he will give light to our eyes, and we shall live under the protection^[a] of Nebuchadnez′zar king of Babylon, and under the protection^[b] of Belshaz′zar his son, and we shall serve them many days and find favor in their sight.